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Towards sustainable bioplastic production using the photoautotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1.


ABSTRACT: Bacterial synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) is a potential approach for producing biodegradable plastics. This study assessed the ability of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 to produce PHBs under various conditions. We focused on photoautotrophy using a poised electrode (photoelectroautotrophy) or ferrous iron (photoferroautotrophy) as electron donors. Growth conditions were tested with either ammonium chloride or dinitrogen gas as the nitrogen source. Although TIE-1's capacity to produce PHBs varied fairly under different conditions, photoelectroautotrophy and photoferroautotrophy showed the highest PHB electron yield and the highest specific PHB productivity, respectively. Gene expression analysis showed that there was no differential expression in PHB biosynthesis genes. This suggests that the variations in PHB accumulation might be post-transcriptionally regulated. This is the first study to systematically quantify the amount of PHB produced by a microbe via photoelectroautotrophy and photoferroautotrophy. This work could lead to sustainable bioproduction using abundant resources such as light, electricity, iron, and carbon dioxide.

SUBMITTER: Ranaivoarisoa TO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791910 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Towards sustainable bioplastic production using the photoautotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1.

Ranaivoarisoa Tahina Onina TO   Singh Rajesh R   Rengasamy Karthikeyan K   Guzman Michael S MS   Bose Arpita A  

Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology 20190329 9-10


Bacterial synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) is a potential approach for producing biodegradable plastics. This study assessed the ability of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 to produce PHBs under various conditions. We focused on photoautotrophy using a poised electrode (photoelectroautotrophy) or ferrous iron (photoferroautotrophy) as electron donors. Growth conditions were tested with either ammonium chloride or dinitrogen gas as the nitrogen source. Although TIE-1's capacity to produce  ...[more]

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